Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.) is asking Americans to sign a petition demanding that Congress stop President Donald Trump from “starting a war with Iran.”
Omar sent out a link to an online petition form via a Tweet that she issued on Friday afternoon.
Initially, Omar tweeted out images of Tweets that Trump had sent during President Barack Obama’s presidency predicting that Obama would attack Iran.
She followed that with a Tweet that said: “There is no way to overstate how dangerous this is. We need every voice to rise up and demand that Congress stop Trump from starting a catastrophic war with Iran. Sign the petition.”
The petition linked to the Tweet is posted on Omar’s campaign website. It says: “Congress must stop Trump! It’s my constitutional duty to intervene when a president tries to overstep congressional authority. I will use the full power of my office to stop him—and I’m calling on my colleagues to do the same. Add you name: Every member of Congress must stop Trump from staring a war with Iran.”
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On Thursday evening, President Trump ordered a strike on the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard-Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was in Iraq, near the Baghdad airport, when the U.S. attack took him out.
On Friday afternoon, President Trump made a statement explaining his action. He said: “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.”
Here is the full text of the president’s statement:
“As President, my highest and most solemn duty is the defense of our nation and its citizens.
“Last night, at my direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the number-one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qasem Soleimani.
“Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him.
“Under my leadership, America’s policy is unambiguous: To terrorists who harm or intend to harm any American, we will find you; we will eliminate you. We will always protect our diplomats, service members, all Americans, and our allies.
“For years, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its ruthless Quds Force — under Soleimani’s leadership — has targeted, injured, and murdered hundreds of American civilians and servicemen.
“The recent attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an American and injured four American servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in Baghdad, were carried out at the direction of Soleimani.
“Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as New Delhi and London.
“Today we remember and honor the victims of Soleimani’s many atrocities, and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over.
“Soleimani has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the Middle East for the last 20 years. What the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago. A lot of lives would have been saved.
“Just recently, Soleimani led the brutal repression of protestors in Iran, where more than a thousand innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government.
“We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.
“I have deep respect for the Iranian people. They are a remarkable people, with an incredible heritage and unlimited potential. We do not seek regime change. However, the Iranian regime’s aggression in the region, including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors, must end, and it must end now.
“The future belongs to the people of Iran — those who seek peaceful coexistence and cooperation — not the terrorist warlords who plunder their nation to finance bloodshed abroad.
“The United States has the best military by far, anywhere in the world. We have best intelligence in the world. If Americans anywhere are threatened, we have all of those targets already fully identified, and I am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary. And that, in particular, refers to Iran.
“Under my leadership, we have destroyed the ISIS territorial caliphate, and recently, American Special Operations Forces killed the terrorist leader known as al-Baghdadi. The world is a safer place without these monsters.
“America will always pursue the interests of good people, great people, great souls, while seeking peace, harmony, and friendship with all of the nations of the world.
“Thank you. God bless you. God bless our great military. And God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you.”
Author: CNSNews.com Staff
Source: CNS News: Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘Demand That Congress Stop Trump from Starting a Catastrophic War With Iran’
